Archived Research

This page includes all publications related to GDSs published between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 2014 (now archived). If you are interested in the methodology, see the methodology page. If you are interested in the latest Index, see our publications page. What follows are the key publications that discuss the findings of this research.

Working Papers

Working paper 2014/01: List of Government Department Strategies Between
1 July 1994 and 30 June 2014This working paper contains a full list of all 290 GDSs published over the last 20 years, of which 136 are current.

Working Paper 2014/02: Analysis of Government Department Strategies Between
1 July 1994 and 30 June 2014–An overview
Working Paper 2014/01 was built upon in Working Paper 2014/02 by conducting an in-depth review of each GDS. This then saw the development of the GDS scorecard which was used to score each of the 136 existing GDSs in operation for the GDS Index NZ.

Working Paper 2015/05: Tables Collating and Ranking Government Department
Strategies in Operation as at 30 June 2014This working paper uses the scores from the profiles to compare and rank GDSs in operation by department and sector.

Working Paper 2015/06: Profiles Scoring Government Department Strategies
in Operation as at 30 June 2014This working paper contains the results of analysing the 136 GDSs in operation as at 30 June 2014.

Powerpoint from Presentation: 1 October 2014 (Updated 18 December 2014)You can download this PowerPoint here.

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Recent blog post

Read our most recent blog post on the Strengthening strategy stewardship in the public service one-day workshop – 14 July 2016

LINZ and MBIE improved accessibility of government department strategies

LINZ and MBIE have recently notified us that they have improved public accessibility of their operational Government Department Strategies (GDSs) on the publications page of their website. LINZ said GDSs provide a ‘useful benchmarking tool’.
This is very encouraging to see, as it enables members of the public to identify which strategies are directing a department’s activity. It would be great to see other departments follow LINZ and MBIE’s lead in the near future.